DRAMA
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Module 5
MEMBERS:
CUCAL, JESLYN CAMILLE L.
SAMONES, AMANDA LEIGH
SORIANO, JENNY ROSE
LICLICAN, EUGENE C.
SABADO, JOHN DENZEL
CLAUREN, KAYE ALEXIA
NONAN, CHRISTINA ROSE
WHAT IS DRAMA?
• In simple definition, a drama is a story enacted on
stage before an audience or more commonly called
nowadays as ‘play’)
• The word ‘drama’ comes from the Greek word
‘dran’ meaning ‘to act or to do.’
TYPES OF DRAMA
TRAGEDY
It is a drama that ends unhappily
for the protagonist, opposite of
the idea that heroes in tragedies
always die at the end.
COMEDY
Comedy is a drama that ends
happily for the protagonist. This
is exactly the opposite of a
tragedy.
TRAGICOMEDY
This type of drama combines the
characteristics of a comedy and a
tragedy. Despite of all the tragic
events that had happened, the story
still ends happily for the protagonist.
FARCE
A farce is a nonsensical form of
drama and is considered a type of a
comedy. It is usually full of
exaggerations and characterized by
the use of slapstick humor or
boisterous actions, physical humor,
deliberate absurdity, and obvious
jokes.
MELODRAMA
Melodrama is an exaggerated form of
drama, also referred to as sentimental
drama. It's plot revolves around the
hardships suffered by a virtuous
character at the hands of the villainous
character (or characters).
MUSICAL DRAMA
This type of drama takes
advantage of the power of music.
Instead of pure dialogue and
acting, the musical drama (or
musical play or simply musical)
makes use of dancing and singing
to tell a story.
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
PLOT
Plot, also called as story line
refers to the series of events that
takes place in a story.
CHARACTER
Any figure in a literary work is called
a character. These characters interact
with each other in an environment
(setting) creating a sense of motion
in the storyline called actions.
CONFLICT
Conflict is at the heart of all stories, it
is a situation or meeting between
characters that results in challenge
and opposition. In simple definition,
most writers call these the problem
or issue which needs to be resolved
by the characters.
SUSPENSE
This element refers to the feeling of
uncertainty as to the outcome of an
action. In drama, suspense is used to
build interest and excitement on the
part of the audience.
LANGUAGE
In drama, language refers to the
particular manner of verbal
expressions and diction or style of
writing or the speech that suggests a
class or profession or type of a
character. The language of
characters, presented through
dialogues,
STYLE/STYLIZATION
This refers to the shaping of dramatic
materials, settings, or costumes for
audiences to understand more about
the play as seen on stage through
the perspectives of the playwright,
the directors and the producers.
DIALOGUE
The characters in a drama interact
and communicate through an
element called dialogue. Further,
dialogue helps to identify one
character from the other since it has
the potential to reveal personalities,
attitudes, and feelings.
THEME
In drama, theme refers to the
basic idea that the playwright
would like the audience to know
and feel.
Drama Farce
Soliloquy Play
Melodrama Suspense
Script Musical
Language Tragic Hero
Tragedy Comedy Style
Plot Character
_____1. This type of drama is usually full of
exaggerations and characterized by the use
of slapstick humor with its sole purpose of
making the audience laugh.
_____2. The use of sensational incidents
and spectacular staging coupled with the
music and singing are what makes this
drama wonderful to watch on stage.
____3. This is a type of dialogue which
helps reveal the private thoughts and
emotions of the character for the audience
to know.
_______4. Instead of dialogue and acting,
this drama makes use of dancing
and singing to tell the story.
_______5. A literary genre meant for
performance by actors and actresses in
theaters, televisions, films and even on
radio.
_______6. In the field of drama, this
element is also called storyline.
______7. This element of drama need to
interact with each other to create a motion
in the storyline called actions.
_______8. This kind of drama typically
shows human limitations against the
forces of destiny.
________9. This is the form into which a
drama is written.
______10. The ancient Greeks employed this
type of drama as a comic relief in between
acts of a tragic drama.
______11. In today’s contemporary period,
this word has become synonymous to the
word ‘drama’.
______12. This refers to the shaping of
dramatic materials, settings, or costumes for
the audiences to understand more about the
play as seen on stage through the perspectives
of the playwright, the directors and the
producers.
______13. This element helps create the
effect of interest, excitement, and
tension in dramas.
______14. This element plays a significant
role as it helps to convey clues to
the characters’ feelings, personalities,
backgrounds and even shifts
in personalities.
______15. This character in a tragedy
eventually suffers the downfall at the end.
ANSWERS
1. Farce
2. Melodrama
3. Soliloquy
4. Musical
5. Drama
6. Plot
7. Character
8. Tragedy
9. Script
10. Comedy
11. Play
12. Style
13. Suspense
14. Language
15. Tragic Hero
PERFORMANCE TASK:
MAKE A DRAMA SCRIPT
